Russian President Vladimir Putin met with European leaders and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Friday to discuss further steps in de-escalating the conflict in Ukraine. The takeaway? The Minsk process, which was to see Ukraine get back control over its eastern border with Russia, will not complete by the end of the year. Part of the problem is that local elections in the breakaway so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics will not take take place this month, as initially envisioned. Reuters:
“On the election issue … it will take longer. We don’t want elections to get held in eastern Ukrainian territories under …read more
Source: The American Interest
